New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-31

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/ city; has requested Commissioners McLare..
aRepuhlican member Of the police board,
to represent 1T when the appointment Of
electionanspecto comes up before the
board.
H. B.. Gafen & CO., OF New York, DENY
that, they have lost an ything by the fall
in Manhattan stock. They never specu-
i late. s3S
Thestimenfor the redemption Of trade
1 dollars expires Sept. 8. Up to date z, 400, =
| 600 ofthem have been redeemed.
4 The President has pard oned w. H Chad
/ wick, OF Massa achusetts convicted in 1885
\ and sentenced ITO five years imprisonment
/ for embezzling kthe funds of q national
/ bank.
/ An application for the extradition az
two half breeds who were recently arrested
i in Montana on suspicion OF having been
i concerned in the murder OF Hector McLeigh,
near Wolseley. N. w. T., has been made
1 to the Washington authorities.
1 The old home OF Lincoln, at Springfield
Ill, Mih be put in as rear as possible the
same condition as when Lincoln lived in it.
| A custodian viii be appointed and it will
be opened to the public.
Louis Debeck, the ''post trader" at the
| Charles town, Mass, navy yards. has fallen
heir to fortune OF over $l,00O.OOO.
At Nashville the Standard oil mills,
| Pearee & Ryan's distillery and SWANS
marble works sere destroyed by fire.
| Natives arriving in Bombay report that
the Russians have captured and impris on
| ed in Siberia a messenger who was sent bv
the Enlir OF Bokhara to; the Sultan Of
! Turkey with complaints against the Car.
A severe shock OF earthquake was ielt
| at Nagakah, Japan, July 20, at $40 b. NJ.
A Chicago Times special from Freeport.
Ill, says that Charles A. Winship, of Min.
neapolis one OF the most prominent horse
owners in the West, was shot down in the
hall OF the Breweter House, by D. Brown
Staples, son OF Isaac Staples, OF Saltwater,
MINI. The bullet lodged near the heart,
and Winship's recovery is doubtful.
Staples was locked up. He refused to talk
about the matter saying that his victim
could be relied upon to give an explana-
ton. Mr.. Winship says he can assign no
cause for the shooting. One of the Staples
| and it is intimated that he accused Win
ship OF being the cause ofit. Staples was
more or less intoxicated when he commit
ted the deed. It is said that he was at one
time an inmate of a lunatic asylum.
During a regatta on the Thames thirty
five OF the spectators on shore clambered
upon barge laden with hay The ropes
holding the tarpaulin covering the hay
broke and the barge giving lurch, all ex-
Cept one were thrown into the water Six
persons were drowned.
An official report says the prospects for
the Russian wheat crop OF this winter and
summer wheat are favorable in most dis
tr;cts. In the government OF Tauriad,
however, they are unfavorable.
Rear Admiral Craven, United States
navy (retired), Of Washington, died at the
Charlestown navy yard OF heart disease
He was on visit to his son, who is con.
| nected to the navy yard as civil engineer
Thomas T. Craven was born at Ports.
mouth, N. H., Dec. 80, 1903. He enter.
ed the navy as a midshipman May 1, 1882,
and was promoted until he was made a.
| rear admiral in 1866. During the summer
OF 1861 he commanded the Potomac
! flotilla. In 1862, while in command OF
the steam sloop Brooklyn, he took part
in the engagement with Forts St. Philip
and Jackson and the capture Of New Or.
leans and partly distinguished himself.
| He was engaged June %, 1862, for nearly
three hours with the batteries at Vicks-
| burg and afterwards succ essfullv made
the passage OF the ports on his way to
New Orleans.
The following patents have been issued:
| Wirconsin-H. A. Beaumont, Milwaukee,
fountain brush; c. Eby, Eagle River, ad-
| Unstable supporting bracket for weather
board; 6. NJ. Hinkley, Milwaukee, offsett-
ing device for saw mill carriages; W. lime,
| Medford, manufacture of emery; j. Mont.
| gomery, Wausau wood-burning furnace:
D. c. Prescott, Marinett, saw mill set
works; also one for band saw mill; T.
Sidensol La Crosse, canal locks; w. r.
| Smith, Beloit, converting motion. Mime
sota-M. Pierline and J. Chaska, Mime
| apolis, clay crusher and temperer;R. P.
! Elmor, Albert Lea, hand power rock drill
ing machine; G. w. Molen, Minneapolis,
! combined switch stand and sem maphore.
| Dakota-A. E. Smith, Frankfort, straw
! burning stove.
In answer to an inquiry from the collec-
! tor OF customs at Louisville, KY, the Sc
| cretary OF the treasury informed him that
| duty must be collected upon the actual
quantity OF reimported American whisky
! returned as ascertained by regauging at
| the port Of Importation and that the
| practice Of assessing duty upon the guam
| tity originally exported is erroneous.
The funeral OF Col. Walter S. Babcock
| was held at his own old home on Lake
| Park Place Chicago, and the remains tax
en- to Chicago for burial.
I Coroner Hertz OF Chicago pronounced
Sarah H. Dodge guilty OF killing Col. Bah.
| cock.
/ Nearly all the boss coopers OF Milwaukee
| signed an agreement not to accede to the
demands OF the journeymen for an increase
in wages and the labelling TALL kegs with
knights OF. f.Labor stamps and in conse-
quence all the coopers, who recently re-
sumed work after strike Of eleven weeks,
will go out again.
The creditors Of Mitchell, Vance & Co.
OF New York, were surprised to learn that
! assets OF the company are only $3.50, 900.
/ The entire capital OF 81, 100000 has been
sunk. In order to pay the creditors the
stockholders will probably have to cell
| their stock.
At a Polish wedding in the suburbs OF
4 Milwaukee, the boys Of the neighborhood
! peited the house with stones. When Au-
gust Duak a guest attempted to disperse
/ them the crowd set upon him with sticks
and stones. His lifeless body was found
with his neck broken. The assailants are
| unknown.
i The following pensions have been grant.
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